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Message-ID: <8bd0f97a0706061758v492eb44y55bb3d6037acf668@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 20:58:59 -0400
From: "Mike Frysinger" <vapier.adi@...il.com>
To: "Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: dsd@...too.org
Subject: incorrect tracking of /proc/*/exe for overwritten running processes
looking at a simple program:
int main()
{
if (fork()) return 0;
printf("pid = %i\n", getpid());
while (1) sleep(3600);
}
and where my / and /var/tmp are on the same partition:
# gcc test.c -o /usr/sbin/MOO
# /usr/sbin/MOO
pid = 17144
# readlink /proc/17144/exe
/usr/sbin/MOO
# gcc test.c -o /var/tmp/MOO
# mv /var/tmp/MOO /usr/sbin/MOO
# readlink /proc/17144/exe
/var/tmp/MOO (deleted)
i feel like the new exe link should actually read:
/usr/sbin/MOO (deleted)
otherwise people can easily get confused as they think their daemon
was started in /var/tmp/ and their machine was compromised
# uname -a
Linux vapier 2.6.21.3 #4 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jun 2 09:55:10 EDT 2007
x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ AuthenticAMD
GNU/Linux
-mike
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